The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-23
THE ORNADO'S TRACK
Death and Destruction at
Towns in Missouri.
nuE EXPERIENCES OF A BABY.
. Death Roll SwelIing-HOrrlbIs
sights and scenes In the Path
OF the Cyclone.
The Harvest OF Death


The Harvest OF Death.
ST. LOUIS. April PA dispatch from
Nevada, Mo-, says: A terrific cyclone
swept oye7 the northern part OF TINS
Ivsrnon) County last night about 8
o,clock. The clouds were plainly visible
Tora passing only about eight miles
I'm This CITY. The cyclone seemed to
oon1e down the Marmat0n River from
the Kansas line,
HEALING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
vbereyer it struck. So far as can be
learned the first place it struck was in
Not Township, passing through Metz,
0saoo and Olive Mound Townships.
Eoncss houses, barns, and everything
- tbe line of the storm, which was half
. mile wide, were picked up, rent into
snIinters and cast down, hundreds OF
Tpo-ds away, Trees were torn up by the
Ioofs, over thirty houses were de-
sfroyed, and about
FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED.
Only a partial list of the dead has. as
ret hesn obtained, which is as follows
Mrs. E. Shroutt, Miss Shroutt,
daughter Of Mrs. Shroutt; May Slower,
TGs Hawkins, John Miller, Mrs. John
Miller. There we're five members of
the Miller family, four of whom we e
killed. A baby aged 2 years
was found, unhurt, this morning.
Parts Of the Miller house and furniture
were found strewn over the fields for a
mile from wner5 the house formerly
stood. Reliable news has only been tt
ceiVed from Usage Township, and 1t is
thought that the death roll will be
sWeIIed to over twenty-five. A heavy
gale passed over this city. damaging
the church and other buildings. but
none were seriously injured.
LITTLE Rock, April 22.-About 8
o'clock this morning, a tornado, origi-
mating n Indian Territory and going
almost due east, passed through the
country four miles north of here and
a-ng the line OF the Little Rock & Fort
Sn,I-h RAILWAY. It was between q quar-
ter and half g mile vide, and near Ozare
Franklin County, bsgan doing gre2t
damage to 'rses. houses and fences.
Further east. near Coal Hill and Clarks-
vile, johnson County, the damage was
very serious and many persons
were inlqr ed. Four miles from Clarks
vile, tbs afternoon, 1T Turner, John
Reds child, 6. D. Rooley's dsu zhter
and child and Mr.. Petty were killed.
Manday Phillips, near Ozark, was
severely injured by falling timber. The
loss to farmers. in buildings, fences,
stock and growing crops, is very heavy,
but it cannot now be estimated.
OZARK. AFkansas, April 22.-A.he ivy
wind approached from several QIrec-
tons AM the currents met in this
valley and passed up the canyon east
o. the town about the head of which the
funnel appearance Of the cyclone was
first seen. A track 800 yards wide was
laid almost entirely bare Timber and
all sorts OF improvement were blown
IN every direction. The residence of
Jonathan Worthy, where the funnel
nrst struck the ground, was blown forty
feet and leYelled. Mr.. Worthy was
badly hut, bus his family escaped
BY not being inside the house.
4cCouEts church was completely
destroyed. One dwelling was nearly
!eVeled, Olt the members of the family
wee SO caught between the timbers
!qsI nobody was hurt. Mrs. James
MoffiSon vas severely bruised E. T.
1nGOGrntf John Aston, Russell Nuno,
yohh Miller and ]. A. MCCourt are the
principal sufferers in this section. Gen
"a "a damage was done to stock, out
buildings fencing and blooming Or
gIusFuS, outside the imme iiate track OF
.ns storm. while inside everything was
nearly a total wreck.
NEVADA, Mo-, April 22-The heavy
storm which originated in Kansas,
swept over the northwestern part
OF tins county last night be-
tween s aud o'clock. There were
Jour persons billed outright and several
SO dangerously wounded that thew will
probably die. The wind was nre1 eded
9y hallstorm, which did Considerable
Many OF the hailstones
S = sLsheo from three to four ounces, and. !
o o: Oi lhem measured nine inches in
THEY CRASHED THROUGH THE ROOFS
Of dwellings, and barns, leaving holes
through which a mans arm would pass
win VIII. ease. Considerable injury to
stock IS reported from the hail, but no
persons are injured.
= great many reports have been re-
os OF minor damages and escapes
- 'uoSe whose homes are ruined which |
&c almost miraculous. AT 2 O'Clock
M .Alorniag 2 strong wind blew over
-; ~ C-Ly b15 did 10 damage aside from
-. overthrow OF few chimnevs and
IbCI11 outhouses. A heavy rain at that
NJ was attended by an interesting
s sSuoeLLocmecea N the northern part of |
isIrcl city. Balls Of fire seemed to be |
:.11 --s at az angle OF 43 degrees. They
, ,,,I-e the ground and bursted INTO |
,ss s.aqS o. fiery fakes, rebounded |
~, la al hundred feet toward the east
F1,,oGil 5u away. The exhibition con-
>-1sd Tor several minutes.